Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm

by David M. Masumoto

Overview

A lyrical, sensuous and thoroughly engrossing memoir of one critical year in the life of an organic peach farmer, Epitaph for a Peach is "a delightful narrative . . . with poetic flair and a sense of humor" (Library Journal). Line drawings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061741739
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/17/2009
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	447 KB

Editorial Reviews

Masumoto is a third-generation fruit grower in Del Ray, California. In his simple memoir, the college-educated farmer discusses the continual challenge of growing fruit in an area where annual rainfall is marked in single digits (irrigation is the answer) and weeds threaten to overtake the crop. In chronologically arranged chapters that extend from spring planting to summer harvesting to winter waiting, Masumoto reflects on a variety of topics, including the fact that his succulent, organically grown peaches, which have a shelf life of only one week, aren't in demand; and his recollection of losing 35,000 trays of drying raisins to intense rainfall reveals why he always "feels persecuted by the power of nature." A lyrically written memoir by an introspective orchardist.

Sue-Ellen Beauregard

Lyrical…an important book.
—Maxine Kumin,New York Times Book Review

Maxine Kumin

Charming.” — Gourmet

“[Masumoto is] a poet of farming and peaches.” — New York Times Book Review

“[A] wonderful writer...[Masumoto] uses his farm as Thoreau did his.” — Los Angeles Times

“A peach of a book.” — Publishers Weekly

“. . . lyrical . . .enough to make a peach lover drool and also weep...[A] charming tale.” — Atlantic Monthly

“[Masumotos is] a poet of farming and peaches.” — New York Times

“[A] beautifully written book.” — Eating Well

“What a gentle voice! . . .[It] feels like a breeze, or like fog on your skin.” — Los Angeles Times Book Review

“Earthy, gentle, and sensuous. Mas Masumoto has a nice touch and charming perspective.” — Kirkus Reviews

“With poetic flair and a sense of humor, Masumoto offers. . . the joys and frustrations of raising peaches.” — Library Journal

From the Publisher

[Masumotos is] a poet of farming and peaches.

New York Times

What a gentle voice! . . .[It] feels like a breeze, or like fog on your skin.

Los Angeles Times Book Review

. . . lyrical . . .enough to make a peach lover drool and also weep...[A] charming tale.

Atlantic Monthly

Charming.

Gourmet

[A] wonderful writer...[Masumoto] uses his farm as Thoreau did his.

|Los Angeles Times

[Masumoto is] a poet of farming and peaches.

New York Times Book Review

[A] beautifully written book.

Eating Well

[A] wonderful writer...[Masumoto] uses his farm as Thoreau did his.

Los Angeles Times

What a gentle voice! . . .[It] feels like a breeze, or like fog on your skin.

Los Angeles Times Book Review

Charming.

Gourmet